April 2016 Blog Posts (3)

As the VP of the AME Northeast Region #@ameconnect I get to meet thought leaders locally and from around the county. This past Tuesday Scott Gauvin from Macresco provided our AME Members with a fantastic workshop "Conflict is the Root of All Waste".

Gauvin stated that "for every $10,000 spent on labor, $3500 of it is waste due to unresolved conflict". Throughout the day he…

5S start and stop happens more times than I'd like to admit. I've talked to hundreds of practitioners over the years and most know what the problem is - lack of management support. While this is an obvious answer it's by no means the only one. There are many causes for a 5S program to fail. A significant part of management support that often get's overlooked is the need to hold people accountable. It's the missing ingredient.